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Top-slicing the Beeb: Clueless execs get busy

Smelling the Ovaltine, swirling down the drain
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How ComScore can track your mouse clicks

Explores stream of unconsciousness
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I Was A Teenage Bot Master

Exclusive The Confessions of SoBe Owns
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Part II: How a pair of American spies created the Soviet Silicon Valley

Radio Reg Affairs, social security checks and the mini-fab
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'Secure' PayPal page is... you guessed it

Extended SSL no match for the power of XSS

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OLPC's a con - former insider

Departing software chief stings Negroponte

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Activist coders aim to deafen Phorm with white noise

Updated Faking it for data pimps

Can't decide how to vote? Publicwhip.org will tell you

Machines show you how to vote - you know how this ends
Government • 17 May 08:02

US Congress questions legality of Phorm and the Phormettes

'Talk to us first'
Networks • 16 May 20:48

W3C 'clarifies' HTML 5 v XHTML

Vendors moving too fast on RIA
Reg Developer • 16 May 20:02

SANS sounds alarm on Debian OpenSSL flaw

Lockpicking script prompts alarm
Enterprise Security • 16 May 18:33

AMD cries foul over Intel's 'river of cash' flowing to Dell

AMD vs Intel Shows Intel Chairman begging for forgiveness
Law • 16 May 17:08

Apple will please missile makers by backing PA Semi's chip

Exclusive Unleashing the iBomb
Servers • 16 May 00:11

World economy group gives IPv6 big push

Warns about depletion of IPv4 addresses
Data Networking • 16 May 16:09

Jihadis: We turned hacked killbots against US troops

ROTM fever spreads to mujahideen press office
Bootnotes • 16 May 15:58

P2P soars, licensed music flatlines

Today is a good day to die download
Music and Media • 16 May 15:36

DNS gaffe leaves spy agency totally under cover

Big website knickers round ankles
Data Networking • 16 May 15:22

OLPC and Microsoft punt Windows-only XO laptop

Odd couple shack up
PCs & Chips • 16 May 15:13

Qualcomm splurges on UK spectrum

Just bag up the whole lot for me, please
Mobile • 16 May 14:31

Xbox 360 'eaten' by alligator

Beast of a box
Reg Hardware • 16 May 14:22

High Court orders MPs to 'fess up on expenses

Show us how you've spent our money
Government • 16 May 14:17

Thus spake the Moderatrix

Your problems solved, the world set to rights
Bootnotes • 16 May 13:09

Google kills Anonymous AdSense account

Exclusive How Scientology funded the anti-Scientology movement
Applications • 14 May 18:52

Pentax Optio V20 compact camera

Review Sweet and simple?
Reg Hardware • 16 May 12:49

Outback hack suspect denied bail

Strewth he's deleted the system
Enterprise Security • 16 May 12:43

The Moderatrix: Exclusive boudoir snap

You've been a naughty, naughty commenter...
Bootnotes • 16 May 12:09

HP begs AMD PC owners to put XP SP3 on ice

Wait for sticky plaster patch
Operating Systems • 16 May 11:47

Is Vista ready for Business?

Reg Tech Panel Reboot, then tell us what you think
Reg Technology Panel • 16 May 11:12

BOFH: The PFY's comeuppance

Episode 18 He got a bit zap-happy
BOFH • 16 May 11:02

El Reg shares the knowledge

Reg Research Primed for business
IT Director • 12 May 12:53

Wii controller lawsuit costs Nintendo $21m

Texas firms sues Nintendo, and wins!
Reg Hardware • 16 May 11:01

Number crunching knife crime and online ID verification

Legislating in a data-light zone
Law • 16 May 10:58

Yahoo! strikes back at Icahn

Thanks but no thanks
Financial News • 16 May 10:35

Sharp claims record mobile fuel cell power density

Shrink it a bit, and it'll replace laptop batteries
Reg Hardware • 16 May 10:33

'Crazy rasberry ants' target Texan tech

Electronics on the menu for rampaging nutter insects
Biology • 16 May 10:08

Government orders data retention by ISPs

Keep it for 12 months for the plods
Government • 16 May 09:10

Verizon lands 10-year deal to unify DHS networks

One net to rule them all - and in the darkness find them
Data Networking • 16 May 09:03

Google Translate speaks in (more) tongues

Adds 10 new languages
Applications • 16 May 09:01

Captain Cyborg creates human bat with Reg baseball cap

Ahem...
Bootnotes • 16 May 08:50

NHS IT four years late and over budget

Outlook uncertain but expensive
Government • 16 May 08:10

PS3 update fails to fix Grand Theft Auto IV woes

But Sony has a solution, apparently
Reg Hardware • 16 May 07:44

Virtual Earth puts human face on data

Project Watch: Microsoft 2008 Lightweight programming, minus Google
Reg Developer • 16 May 05:02

New game site designed to make computers smarter

Or at least taggier
Applications • 16 May 01:03

MySpace fraudster indicted in teen's suicide

Cyber-bully 2.0
Crime • 15 May 23:02

Rootkits on routers threat to be demoed

Updated Networks own3d
Enterprise Security • 15 May 22:42

American cable giant joins data pimping club

Charter member
Networks • 15 May 22:38

Overstock's Patrick Byrne battles New York Sith Lord

'I will not pay the Amazon Tax'
Channel Register • 15 May 21:56

RIAA ordered to shell out $100k for P2P witch hunt

Pigopolists pay for 471 hours
Music and Media • 15 May 21:13

Wake up and smell the Doritos™ - Avril Lavigne's manager

Mmm. Doritos.
Music and Media • 15 May 17:14
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How a pair of American spies created the Soviet Silicon Valley

Radio Reg Espionage, affairs and PCs: Ahh, Zelenograd

Brennan JB7 Micro Jukebox

Review Sounds great, looks great

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Microsoft's bid for Yahoo! - the story so far

!!!!! All our exclamation marks in one place

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The Phorm files

Updated All yer data pimping news in one place

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